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  1. Happy almost Birthday:) I would agree with the 20’s and 30’s. It is my last year of 30 so as I stand on the precipice of 40 I find myself actually looking forward to it. You will rock the next decade, no doubt.

  2. Happiest of birthdays, Margaret. Acceptance is a great concept for this decade, happy to march in that parade, too!

  3. Happy upcoming birthday, Margaret! I think many of our PB friends had one of those doll birthday cakes, they were so pretty. I agree that acceptance is an appropriate theme for the 60’s. I find it easier with each passing year to accept those things I can’t change – and that’s saying a lot because I’m a control freak! I wish you all the best as you being your sexagenarian journey.

  4. Best wishes for a fabulous birthday and a whole new decade. “Acceptance” seems a fabulous theme for ANY decade. Lovely photo. And that song is one dear to our family as my middle daughter ALWAYS cried on her birthday, for some reason (usually related to mean girls invited to her party, to be honest). Cheers to acceptance and age and all the great things associated with both!

    1. Thanks Nancy! It would be hard to beat my 40’s! And my 50’s were more complicated but with lots of changes. And growth! And I got to know all my blogger friends, you included. I am thoroughly enjoying that for sure!

  5. So far, other than the menopause and the psychotic crying that goes along with it, I am digging my fifties…thanks for this article..I enjoyed it a lot.

  6. Happy Birthday, Margaret. It’s wonderful to be at a stage in life where you are happy with exactly where you are!

  7. Good for you! You’ve accomplished a lot and make 60 look fabulous! I had that 60yr old mentality when I was 20 so with each passing decade I only look forward with excitement. I’m currently in my 50’s and loving it.

    1. What a wonderful comment Wendy! Love the hat by the way… I am lucky in many ways. I have a few issues medically but for the most part, am very healthy. That makes a huge difference. I want to point the way for my younger friends and readers so this means a lot to me. Thank you so much for writing. Keep on relishing!

  8. Birthdays are tough and reflective for sure. Now that I’m in my 50’s I’m having fun with the being older part but I can’t say I enjoy not being younger anymore..

    Happy birthday and I hope you eventually got your doll. I’m 50, my mother never did let me have mine.. It’s still in her closet for safe keeping..

    1. Well that sounds like it has a whole other story behind it. And perhaps a painful, complicated one at that. I hear you about the “I can’t say I enjoy not being younger”. Of course I sometimes look back.. Wish I had known then what I know now. That kind of thing. At this point in the game, however, I usually decide that line of thinking is what I call simply “not helpful”. And I try to avoid it. It’s a waste of the time I have now. Most of the time it works unless I am really overwhelmed or tired. Thanks so much. Some day, I would love to hear more.

      1. I’ve a complicated relationship with my mother as the third child in a family group she felt was complete at 4. She hasn’t forgiven me for being born, occasionally reminding me how I ruined her life plan and raising my 2 siblings to think of me as evil; I’m essentially an orphan with living family members.

        1. What an awful thing for any parent to do to a child. I certainly have heard this before from a few patients whose dad or mother blamed them as children for something that they never had the courage or even the capacity to do for themselves. A child doesn’t ruin anything. I am sad that you and others have had this told to you. It is just wrong.

        2. What an awful thing for any parent to do to a child. I certainly have heard this before from a few patients whose dad or mother blamed them as children for something that they never had the courage or even the capacity to do for themselves. A child doesn’t ruin anything. I am sad that you and others have had this told to you. It is just wrong.

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